Before this experience, I saw leadership as something of authority. Now, I know this is not true for every workplace in America, but for a lot of the jobs I have experienced, leadership consisted of a manager telling the lower employees how to act. This is prosperous in some ways, as it gives direction to…

As I write this post, I am back in the comfort of my childhood home, within the US for the first time in two months. There were things I missed here such as my family, my dog, air conditioning in every building, and ice in my drink. But, all of these things are so minuscule…

Here in Stockholm, “success” is an interesting concept. Unlike America, not every office meeting is a chance to speak the loudest in the room, not every conversation is a reason to one-up your coworker, and not every job is a competition. Success is not about reaching a steadfast point at the top of a social…

For the most part, Swedes are incredibly strong at speaking English. It is very rare that you ask someone to speak English and they can’t at least string together a few basic sentences here.  When I first asked my coworker why this is, he told me that in their education system, English is as mandatory…

Throughout my internship so far, I have picked up quite a few skills, all of which have been a learning process. I would say I have learned just as many hard skills as I have soft skills in the office. For example, I have developed quite a strong sense of problem solving and adaptability, but…

One of the hardest aspects of Swedish culture to assimilate into is how they speak. I don’t mean that it is verbally difficult to understand them, in fact, most people I have met here speak English perfectly. It is almost quite frustrating with how much English they speak here, because you don’t really get the…

As I come to the end of week 3 here in Stockholm, I wanted to reflect on what I have learned about problem solving in my workplace. I have mentioned in a previous post that this is my first official internship. I have only had one other minor internship in high school, and I worked…

After my second week of work here in the city’s center of Sweden, I have learned quite a few things about time management both inside and outside of the office. Adjusting to a new environment and workplace are difficult enough tasks separately, so doing both at the same time sometimes proves quite the challenge. Firstly,…

As I arrived my first day I was greeted by a small team of four other people, making me the fifth employee at this location. The CEO and founder of Ecobloom is my supervisor, so he showed me around the office and where I am going to be working for the next two months. He…